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BROWNA & GULD.

Tire Cooler.

Patented June 15, 1869.

N. PETERS, Phallhnminhef, Walhinswn, D. CA

THOMAS s. BROWN, OF BOSTON,

MASSACHUSETTS, AND GEORGE W. .GOU-LD, OF CAMDEN, MALNE.

Letters Patent No.91,306, dated .Tune 15, 1-869; antedated .Tune 9, 1869.

narn'ovnn Tran-soenna 'Ihn Schedule referred to in thmnLetters Patent and making part ofthe sama.

a new and useful Wheel'lire Cooler; and do hereby declare' the sameto be fullydescribed in thefollowing specification, and represented in. the. accompanying V drawings, xof r which-.-

4Figure 1 is a top'viwf Figure 2 a side elevation,

i Figure 3a longitudinal-section, and

' ,Figur-cela transversesection of it. 'lhecomm'on'me'thodofv cooling a tire, afterit-s application-in` a'heated state to, the felloe ofra wheel,

has been-'topour .watr on it.'- It is often the case,

that before, the tire can -tlius -be properly cooled, it will have 'burned the felloeV tot) "much or unevenly. Our invention is intended, not only to effect the "sudden and rapid cooling of a tire,"but to accomplish the same evenly around the wheel.` Y

In the drawings, A'denotes a circular platform,

T having a hole, a, through itat itscentre, the said .hole Fbeing to .receive a Wheel-hub, when a wheel' is placed at-sidc-upon the platform.l l'lhere mayjbe other holes,Vv o '0, made through the said platform.`

This platform is arrangedv between, and firmly conncted to'the'four nprights,`b b b b, of a frame, B, by

means of arms c cc c, each being extended down from one ofthe said uprights, there being a space, p, be-

-tween the upright and `the vertical part of the arm, -in order to enable a tub, (3,"tbi be raised around the arms, in a manner to cause the tub to receive the platform toa depth suicient for Water, when in the tub, to flood the platform, and a wheel when placed This tub, arranged in manner as represented, is supported by means of feet e e e e', upon the four levers d d d d, whose fulcra are at or near their outer ends, and in post-s e e e e. 'The inner ends of these levers rest in a tubular slider, f, which encompasses a cylindrical projection, or guide, g, extending down from thedmttom of the tub.r The said part g serves to steady and guide the tub in its vertical movements. The slider j rests o'n the inner end of along lever, h,

whose fulcrum is ati. Another lever, 7:, arranged with the leverh, in manner as represented, and provided with a friction-roller, l, to bear on the lever h, serves to enable 'a person to move the lever h in a manner tocause the tub to ascend or descend, as circumstancesrmay require;

From the above it will be seen, that when the tub is supplied with water, and is in its lowest position, the platform will be out of the tub, and ready for the reception of a Wheel to be tired. After a wheel may have been laidon'the platform, and a tire in a heated state may have been applied to the wheel-fence, and driven thereon, the tub should be raised, so as to cause the Water to ilow over the platform and the wheel-felloe, and thereby suddenly and evenly cool the tire, and effect its shrinkage upon the felloe.

Another mode of constructing our invention is to so apply the platform to the tub, that the latter may bestationary, and the former be movable, in a manner to descend into and rise from the tub, in order that the platform, when awheel is on it, may beA plunged'into the tub or the water thereof.

We do not, however, consider this so good a mode of making a tire-cooler as that herein first described.

We claim the"combination and arrangement of a wheel-supporter, or platform, A, a tub, O, and mechanismby which the tub is moved so as to immerse the platform, and a wheelfwhen laid on it, in water, when contained in the tub, the whole being Vsubstantially as and for the purpose specified.

7We also claim the arrangement and combination of levers, Slider f, and -guide g, as described, applied to the tub and the platform-supporting frame, and for effecting the movements of the tub and for guiding it vertically, as described'.

We also claim the arrangement and combination of the series of arms, or the Open hinges, with the frame B, the platform, and the tub, provided with mechan-Y ism for operating the latter, as set forth.

THOMAS S. BROWN, GEO. W. GOULD.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, S. N. PIPER. 

